Policy Research & Evaluation Manager – Strategy & Operations Public Sector

• Gross monthly salary between € 5,085 and € 6,230 depending on your work experience, variable performance-related pay, a fixed expense allowance, and a fixed remote work allowance per day worked.
• A flexible pension without a mandatory personal contribution.
• 30 vacation days (on a full-time basis) and the possibility to buy more days or sell your vacation days.
• A fully equipped home office.
• A lease car + NS business card or a mobility allowance.
• A laptop and iPhone.
• An extensive range of training and education that contributes to your professional and personal development.
• Diversity networks in the areas of pride, gender, ability, cultural diversity, and generations that regularly organize various activities to celebrate difference!
• Attention to vitality! Exercising at the office in Amstelveen or a discount at a gym near you, as well as access to coaching, health, and vitality programs.
• 'Together' is one of our core values. You can therefore count on various social activities such as team outings, drinks, and events together with your colleagues.

As a Policy Research and Evaluation Manager within the Public Sector team, you will work on complex societal issues for ministries, executive agencies, and other public institutions. Through policy analyses, evaluation research, impact analyses, and data-driven research, you will map out whether policy achieves its intended effects, which factors influence the results, and how organizations can improve their policy and make evidence-based choices for the future.

In practice, you will often work on multiple projects simultaneously across the entire central government. This includes performing Periodic Reporting, reviews of ALBs (Administrative Law Bodies) or agencies, issues regarding regulatory burden (reduction), or mapping the impact of government policy in a specific sector.

You move smoothly between content, client, and project team and know how to quickly grasp complex societal and administrative issues. In doing so, you combine analytical sharpness with persuasive advice and clear communication.

• Leading policy research and evaluation processes regarding the effectiveness, efficiency, and feasibility of policy.
• Developing research designs, evaluation frameworks, and appropriate analytical methods.
• Performing qualitative, quantitative, and financial analyses, including social cost-benefit analyses (SCBAs).
• Translating research results into clear conclusions, concrete policy recommendations, and persuasive presentations.
• Advising ministries, executive agencies, and other public institutions on policy and organizational improvements.
• Directing and guiding project teams and monitoring substantive quality.

In addition to your work for clients, you contribute to building the team. You take the lead in proposal processes and mentor consultants and senior consultants. As a manager, you are the linchpin between the client, the KPMG partner group, and the project team. You are the primary point of contact for clients, coordinate with partners and directors, and ensure that projects are executed with substantive strength. In doing so, you safeguard the quality of analyses, reports, presentations, and client meetings.

• At KPMG we work hybrid, so a combination of both working from home and at the office.

''What makes this role so enjoyable for me is the combination of substance and impact. You work on very different societal issues, perform sharp analyses, and see how your work helps public organizations to make better choices."
Maarten - Manager KPMG S&O Public Sector